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Michigan primary: Democratic mischief?

There seems to be a bit of confusion amongst Republicans about whether the critical Michigan primary Feb. 28 is open to independents and Democrats. A colleague called the Republican National Committee the other day and was told by a spokesman there that it was closed.

Then a longtime state GOP official said no, it ‘s “semi-closed.” That means it’s pretty much open.

And open it is. Some Liberal groups, the Daily KoS among them, are urging Democrats to sabotage the Republican primary in Michigan by voting for Rick Santorum.

Re: Michigan primary: Democratic mischief?

It's done on both sides and is stupid, but it's not really something that you can guard against. Even if you make it a closed primary, I could switch my lean very easily the week before and then go in and vote for who ever and switch it back afterwards. It would be impossible to enforce laws mandating that you only vote for those that you honestly want to win. All in all, the number of people that actually listen like good little sheep and follow through with this stuff is so small that I can't imagine it making a difference in primaries where hundreds of thousands of people are voting. You might get a few hundred B.S. votes out of a few hundred thousand votes.

Originally Posted by TurtleDude

uh that is so small as to be stupid. Do you want registration? given less than 3% of criminals get their guns from private sales, its pretty much a waste of resources

**Thirty Minutes Later**

Originally Posted by TurtleDude

you are confused. I never denied that many criminals get guns in private sales.

I opposed it 4 years ago when Rush was pushing people to do this, I oppose it now. Let republicans pick their nominee.

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